The mystery of the odd field pattern 'formation' reported this past week
near Pike Lake, Saskatchewan has been solved.

The unusual dark markings in the stubble field turned out to be nothing
more than piles of straw and manure dumped by the farmer after cleaning out
his barns. Crop circles have sometimes been seen on usenet news groups and
the like being referred to in a derogatory sense as 'crap circles' by the
debunkers. In this case it seems, that is just what they were! So once
again we await the first actual Canadian formation of the year...

Thanks to CCCRN Saskatchewan coordinator Dennis Eklund for his assistance
with this.

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